Individual
Despite a record breaking points tally of 172 points, taking him to 202, Bart Wellens is not the continental leader. Luca Mazzanti is instead the lead rider, thanks to taking 109 points for 2nd (Along with a stage win). E3 Prijs will give Wellens a chance to grab the lead back. Former leader Casper is down to 3rd. 87 points is the highest ever points tally for 3rd place in a race and thanks to it, Angel Vicioso is now 8th in the rankings, ahead of Patrick Sinkewitz. Some points for Mattan and Kreuziger leave them 12th and 14th while Domenico Pozzovivo rises to 24th. Double stage winner Lang is now ranked 46th.
1 Luca Mazzanti ITA Tinkoff Credit Systems 210
2 Bart Wellens BEL Letua 202
3 Jimmy Casper FRA Letua 194
4 Bobbie Traksel NED Designa Kokken 189
5 Fabian Wegmann GER Tinkoff Credit Systems 172
6 Roger Hammond GBR Letua 170
7 Angel Vicioso ESP HealthNet 160
8 Patrick Sinkewitz GER Une Orbitel 147
9 Leif Hoste BEL Wiesenhof - Felt 140
10 Bernhard Kohl AUT Barloworld 134
11 Ivan Rovny RUS Maxbo Bianchi 115
12 Nico Mattan BEL DFL Cyclingnews 112
13 Santos Gonzalez Capilla ESP HealthNet 110
14 Roman Kreuziger CZE Maxbo Bianchi 108
15 Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA Nippo Corporation 91
16 Aleksei Markov RUS DFL Cyclingnews 91
17 Pietro Caucchioli ITA Agritubel 83
18 Eduardo Gonzalo ESP Agritubel 81
19 Simone Cadamuro ITA Wiesenhof - Felt 79
20 Paride Grillo ITA Ceramica Panaria 76
21 Enrico Franzoi ITA Marco Polo 74
22 Fortunato Baliani ITA Ceramica Panaria 74
23 Anuar Manan MAS Letua 72
24 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA Ceramica Panaria 71
25 Filip Meirhaeghe BEL Landbouwkredit 70
26 Yon Bru Pascal ESP Tinkoff Credit Systems 70
27 Alexandre Moos SUI Landbouwkredit 69
28 Maximiliano Richeze ARG Agritubel 63
29 Alexandre Usov BLR Tinkoff Credit Systems 63
30 Nuno Ribeiro POR Benfica 60
Team
Letua are the new leaders with a huge 73 point lead over Tinkoff. But Tinkoff are the runaway 'effective' leaders and are almost 150 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Designa Køkken. Køkken pulled away slightly from Agritubel and dramatically from Wiesenhof who failed to score. Nippo, Marco Polo and SouthAustralia.com are the other teams who failed to score.
Darn, that breakaway on the second stage and the two TT:s decided a lot. A real pitty that my hilly guys can't TT. And wearing that yellow jersey really makes you perform over your capacity.
And wearing that yellow jersey really makes you perform over your capacity.
